Meaning of transgenderist | Babel Free

Definitions

A transgender person.

derogatory, rare, sometimes

Equivalents

Examples

“After having lived much of our lives according to a socially accepted prescription, many of us come⟳ to realize⟳ that we have⟳ not been true to ourselves. As full-time or part-time transgenderists, we feel⟳ the need⟳ to improve⟳ the quality of life for ourselves by creating an environment around us which is compatible with the kind of life style we wish⟳ to achieve⟳.”

“Perhaps the most surprising and controversial issue⟳ to emerge⟳ was that of “transpeople." Transpeople, as defined by the highly articulate Houston based Transpeople Caucus are “transexuals, transgenderists, transvestites, drag⟳ queens, and female impersonators." Phyllis Frye, a transgenderist from Houston, in fact opened the welcoming Friday night session. The original motion made by this caucus called for, “the term Gay Transpeople to be included in all statements...The demands as well as policy and media coverage.” They also called for the changing of the name⟳ of the March⟳ to read⟳ “Lesbians, Gay Males and Gay Transpeople’s March⟳ on Washington."”

“Finally, since all of this comes out of my own⟳ experience⟳ and my own⟳ thinking, when one gets to the transgenderist posi­tion, which is where I am now, I can set⟳ up housekeeping right in the middle, if I want⟳, and look⟳ and act womanly until a “fence” gets in my way — and then vault over it and go on my way with­out any feelings of inappropri­ateness, or “what will people think⟳,” or, “that wasn’t very feminine” type⟳ of thinking. I’m just very satisfied to be ME, a position that incorporates all of me, both left, right and middle.”

“Going further than the one-dimensional femininity of the transvestite and cross-dresser, many transgenderists mix⟳ and match⟳, blending as much femininity or masculinity with its opposite into new gender recipes.”

“[…] in her cross-dressed transgenderist the assured knowableness of the universal subject is cast⟳ into doubt⟳ as she exposes the far from secure boundaries of maleness.”

“Being a transsexual is not something that can be ignored or suppressed forever. Unlike the fascinations of the cross dresser or the partially altered transgenderist, the absolute compulsion of classical transsexualism is a matter⟳ of life and death.”

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